budget A New Budget Built

[CoDrift]

Hey! So I'm finally planing to build a new gaming rig, so I thought I'd get some advice. Firstly, understand that in my country computer parts aren't cheap and are mostly outdated.

My goal is to get 1080p 60fps gaming (Even low preset is fine for me) for 100 $. Here are the specs I managed to round up:

1 - Intel Core i3 540

2 - 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM

3 - GTX 760 2GB

4 - 1 TB HDD (Already Owned)

 

As for future upgrades I'd get:

 

5 - 120 GB SSD (Kingston A400)

6 - 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM

 

I WILL overclock all the components as I already have experience doing so (Haven't been living under a rock ). My targeted games are Battle Royale (Apex mainly), Titanfall 2 and TombRaider Series.

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, CoDrift said:

My targeted games are Battle Royale (Apex mainly), Titanfall 2 and TombRaider Series.

 

2 minutes ago, CoDrift said:

My goal is to get 1080p 60fps gaming (Even low preset is fine for me)

I'm afraid low won't even get you there, you're rocking a first gen i3 in that list and that's gonna hold you back quite a bit. However, you'd still have the chance to upgrade to a first gen i7 (or Xeon equivalent preferably, they're nice and cheap) and rectify that.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

If you can get another 4GB of RAM then do, but other wise it's... fine I guess

[CoDrift]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

 

I'm afraid low won't even get you there, you're rocking a first gen i3 in that list and that's gonna hold you back quite a bit. However, you'd still have the chance to upgrade to a first gen i7 (or Xeon equivalent preferably, they're nice and cheap) and rectify that.

True, but it's the best I can get yet. Will upgrade to an i7 First-Gen later, but this will have to do. I can't use any core2duo or core2quad as it doesn't have SSE 4.2 and wont run APEX.

[CoDrift]

1 minute ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

If you can get another 4GB of RAM then do, but other wise it's... fine I guess

I will, but maybe a month or two later...

[Fasauceome]

19 minutes ago, CoDrift said:

True, but it's the best I can get yet. Will upgrade to an i7 First-Gen later, but this will have to do. I can't use any core2duo or core2quad as it doesn't have SSE 4.2 and wont run APEX.

If this is all you can get then you have to make it work for you. Check out the Xeons available to you though, they might fit in your budget

[Oalei]

how about a 4gb of ram and a X34xx/I7 860 and above (i think the i7 860 have 4c/8t). Just choose like the cheapest SSD a dramless but who cares.

[CoDrift]

1 minute ago, Oalei said:

how about a 4gb of ram and a X34xx/I7 860 and above (i think the i7 860 have 4c/8t). Just choose like the cheapest SSD a dramless but who cares.

Thanks, Will try.

 

[CoDrift]

11 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

If this is all you can get then you have to make it work for you. Check out the Xeons available to you though, they might fit in your budget

Thanks, but any specific good Xeons? I don't know much about xeons.

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, CoDrift said:

Thanks, but any specific good Xeons? I don't know much about xeons.

something like an X3450 or X3460 are good budget options. They resemble i7s in terms of performance but are often very cheap by comparison because companies with tons of servers dumped them on the market when they were being replaced.

[CoDrift]

Just now, fasauceome said:

something like an X3450 or X3460 are good budget options. They resemble i7s in terms of performance but are often very cheap by comparison because companies with tons of servers dumped them on the market when they were being replaced.

Thanks alot! Will look forward to get one if possible!

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, CoDrift said:

Thanks alot! Will look forward to get one if possible!

What's the make and model of the motherboard you're going with?

[CoDrift]

20 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

What's the make and model of the motherboard you're going with?

Dell proprietary. Optiplex 970 or something, these are cheap here.

[Fasauceome]

14 minutes ago, CoDrift said:

Dell proprietary. Optiplex 970 or something, these are cheap here.

Now that might actually make trouble for a Xeon, standard chipsets play nice but OEM boards can be finnicky. Would you be able to borrow a cpu to test if it would work beforehand?

[CoDrift]

21 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Now that might actually make trouble for a Xeon, standard chipsets play nice but OEM boards can be finnicky. Would you be able to borrow a cpu to test if it would work beforehand?

Yes I will, and btw, TONS OF THANKS! I have found Xeon W3565 for dirt cheap here, LITERALLY 7$ a piece. And it's 4C8T! I don't know how to thank you!

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, CoDrift said:

Xeon W3565

That is a socket 1366 CPU, while the i3 540 is 1156. Unfortunately their sockets are not compatible.

 

Check out this page for the right CPUs

[CoDrift]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

That is a socket 1366 CPU, while the i3 540 is 1156. Unfortunately their sockets are not compatible.

 

Check out this page for the right CPUs

I know, that's why I still have to buy the case and mobo. I currently don't have anything.

[Fasauceome]

6 minutes ago, CoDrift said:

I know, that's why I still have to buy the case and mobo. I currently don't have anything.

Oh then in that case the W3565 is great, the turbo speeds are plenty high 

 

You also would get the chance to upgrade to 6 cores like the X5650 

[CoDrift]

Just now, fasauceome said:

Oh then in that case the W3565 is great, the turbo speeds are plenty high 

Again, Thanks ALOT!